Improvement in poultry fountains



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JOIIN S. ORNDOBFF, OF VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA.

IMPROVEMENT IN POULTRV FOUNTAINS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 117,807, dated August 8,1871.

.enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing forming part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a top view of my improveddrinking-fountain. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, partly in section,through the line a" a, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

My invention consists in a drinking-vessel for young chickens,constructed as hereinafter fully described and subsequently pointed outin the claim.

A is the upper part of the fountain, which is made air and water-tight,and may be made of glass, metal, or other suitable material. The mouthof the part A is so formed as to fit into a socket, b1, formed upon themiddle part of the top of the lower part B of the fountain, and fromwhich socket a hole, b2, is formed through the said top. In the topofthe lower part B around the socket b1 is formed a number, series, orcircle of holes, b3, of such a size that the fowls can drink freely, butcannot get into them to wet their bodies. The part B is made circular inform, and with vertical sides, and is made of such a height that thefowls can conveniently drink out of the holes b3.

In using the fountain the parts A and B are both filled with waterseparately. The upper part A is then inverted and its mouth or neck isinserted in the socket b1 of the part B. Bythis construction the part Bwill be kept full, so that the fowls can drink freely as long as thereis any water in the part A.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. The covered water-vessel B for young chickens,having one or more apertures, b3, through which they may drink withoutwetting themselves, as described.

2. The drinking-Vessel B b2 b3, provided with perpendicular neck b1, asand for the purpose specified.

JOHN S. ORNDORFF.

IVitnesses:

SAML. S. ATcnIsoN, JOHN G. A'renrsoN.

